
Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis
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🇪🇺 EU Ambassador to the United Nations in New York; follow the EU Delegation @EUatUN
Joined November 2023
🇺🇦Ukraine can count on the 🇪🇺EU’s support, and everyone else’s who stands up for international law and the 🇺🇳UN Charter in the face of naked aggression. Nearing 2 yrs of Russia’s neocolonialist invasion, great to host @SergiyKyslytsya @UKRinUN today at our EU Heads of Mission.
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Honored to present my credentials to @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres today. Will further fortify the strong 🇪🇺EU-🇺🇳UN partnership. Hope & trust will be vital for UN success during this critical year. Pledged the EU's full support for implementation of Our Common Agenda.
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We did it! Today the 🇪🇺EU made UN history, with the first-ever EU candidate being elected to a 🇺🇳UN human rights treaty body!.Full praise to Inmaculada Placencia Porrero! 👏 .🙏 to our stellar @EUatUN and EUMS election teams!.And warm EU congrats to all other elected candidates!
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With my deputy PR @HeddaSamson and our heads of section, we work together every day with our stellar @EUatUN team to promote 🇪🇺 EU interests and values, and a strong multilateralism with the 🇺🇳@UN at its center. Never a boring moment!
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A view of the Empire State Building AND the Chrysler Building from my new office at the 🇪🇺EU Delegation in NYC? Not too shabby! .Thank you to Deputy Amb. @HeddaSamson & the Head of Delegation office for the warm welcome!.Lots of good 🇺🇳UN work ahead. Proud to be part of it. 🤝
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Glad to join my 🇪🇺EU family at the 🇺🇳UN! Looking forward to continuing the close cooperation with EU Member States and building partnerships with UN Members during a critical year @UN for peace, sustainable development & human rights for all.
At his first meeting chairing the EU Heads of Mission meeting, @EUAmbUN Lambrinidis warmly congratulated Slovenia on its UN Security Council term starting this month. In 2024, the EU will have three Member States on the #UNSC: @franceonu; @MaltaUNMission and @SLOtoUN
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The shocking death of Alexei Navalny, only days before the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, is one more stark reminder of Russia’s complete disregard for human life and law. Today, 🇪🇺EU Ambassadors @UN held a moment of silence in his memory.
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The EU27 #PSC Ambassadors completed an excellent visit at 🇺🇳@UN in NY, highlighting the 🇪🇺EU’s global foreign policy & security role. In photos: With SG @antonioguterres; .🇺🇳Security Council members; .PRs of Costa Rica🇨🇷 Singapore🇸🇬 S. Africa🇿🇦 Vietnam🇻🇳 . Great to host them!
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Pleased to welcome 🇪🇺CONUN (EU Working Party on the United Nations) to NYC, for a full immersion in the workings of the @UN. Main focus of their visit on the processes ahead of September's Summit of the Future. Working hand in hand is key to our 🇪🇺EU-🇺🇳UN partnership!
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Together with 53 other ministers and PRs, I stood next to 🇺🇦@DmytroKuleba today @UN. We reaffirmed the international community’s unwavering defense of the 🇺🇳UN Charter and solidarity with the Ukrainian people, 2 years into Russia’s aggression.
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This week was one more productive one in NYC. On Monday, I hosted 🇺🇳Ambassador friends, from @UNECOSOC @paulanarvaezo to #G77 @adoniaayebare, to discuss how to work together on supporting the @UN agenda going forward. A very fruitful and timely conversation. 🧵
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Russia tramples on @UN Charter with its war of aggression against Ukraine. Today I join 🇺🇦Amb. @SergiyKyslytsya, 🇪🇺27 PRs & global partners to stress Russia’s hypocrisy & new violation of #UNSC resolutions, with use of DPRK missiles & Iranian drones to strike 🇺🇦civilian targets.
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Our EU-African Group meeting yesterday brought together over 80 Ambassadors. Together, our “twin continents” represent the hopes & aspirations of 1.9 billion people. Excellent discussion on strengthening cooperation @UN for an ambitious Pact for the Future. #OurCommonFuture.
The @AfricanUnionUN hosted an informal dialogue b/w the #AfricanGroupUN & @EUatUN Member States. Discussions focused on various priorities leading to the #SummitoftheFuture, incl: the New Agenda for #Peace, #GlobalGovernance, #FfD, & #Agenda2030/#Agenda2063.
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Thanks to UNSG @antonioguterres for presenting his 2024 priorities. In my 🇪🇺intervention, I commended his tireless efforts. 🇺🇳UN members must recommit to act together to make the world safer, rights-based, more sustainable & more equitable. 🇪🇺Statement➡️
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I warmly welcome today's appointment by 🇺🇳 SG @antonioguterres of @HonJulieBishop of Australia as his new Special Envoy on #Myanmar. We need strong @UN leadership and more international attention to address the terrible crisis in the country. You have our full 🇪🇺 support.
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The 🇪🇺EU is proud to partner with @UNDP in 140 countries around the world!. We are deeply committed to our joint work to eradicate poverty, and to promote sustainable development and human dignity everywhere. Thank you for the kind shout-out!.
The #EU 🇪🇺 is our No. 1⃣ partner for delivering on the #GlobalGoals. For more than 20 years, our partnership has been improving people’s lives, amplifying their voices and promoting local solutions. More 👉 #UNDPEUpartnership20
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🇪🇺@EUatUN & 🇺🇳@UNICEF partner to spotlight neglected humanitarian crises. Today with @unicefchief we focused on the urgent plight of children in Haiti. Mass malnutrition, displacement, rampant gang violence, school lootings. We’re active on the ground striving to protect them.
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#CSW68 fights poverty and guards women and girl rights through gender-responsive policies&institutions, financial inclusion, addressing gender-based violence, more!.👏👏 to 🇳🇱@yokabrandt and her stellar team, all 🇺🇳UNMS, and so proud of our 🇪🇺EU team & burdensharers 🇨🇾 🇭🇺 🇮🇪 🇸🇪!
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At #UNSC, addressing the “perfect storm” of climate change, food insecurity & conflicts. 🇪🇺EU is scaling up humanitarian & development action; preparedness; narrowing green & development gaps with our global partners, through #GlobalGateway. Statement:
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Great discussion with @AfricanUnionUN Ambassador @FKMohammed1 on how we can strengthen cooperation between the EU and Africa on shared priorities: operationalizing UNSC resolution 2719, joining forces for a successful Summit of the Future, more.
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My EU colleagues and I held an important and deep exchange with 🇺🇳UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process @TWennesland on the situation in Gaza. It may not be easy - but the 🇪🇺EU remains convinced that a two-state solution is the only way forward. @UNSCO_MEPP
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“As for Russia: Stop your systematic and brutal bombing of Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure. And stop your illegal war, and the illegal and inhumane means you are using to pursue it.”. Enough is enough!. Read my #UNSC statement of today👇.
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Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay at the 🇺🇳UN, together with UN leaders and countless of my Ambassador colleagues and civil society members. A packed room! .The 🇪🇺EU @eu_eeas is committed, every day, to gender equality in our own borders and around the world. #InvestInWomen
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#UNRWA is the backbone for any humanitarian response in Gaza and the main service provider to Palestinian refugees in the region. Following the announcement on the 🇪🇺EU's 2024 funding to @UNRWA, I hosted CG @UNLazzarini for a timely exchange with EU Perm Reps 🇺🇳.
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Fighting poverty for women & girls requires gender-targeted financing + institutions that promote their interests & rights. #CSW68 can make a huge difference. Glad to host @unwomenchief Bahous and CSW chair @PHMissionNY to discuss all this and more with 🇪🇺Ambassadors. @UN_Women
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As penholder of the 🇺🇳resolutions on #humanrights in the DPRK in the 🇺🇳Third Committee & @UN_HRC, the 🇪🇺EU joined Amb. Hwang, PR of @ROK_Mission & 56 other UN ambassadors to urge the #UNSC to remain seized of the severe & deteriorating #humanrights situation in the country.
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GAZA: Speaking at UNGA, I outlined EU priorities: end suffering in Gaza, release hostages, stop war spillover, more. Intl Humanitarian Law&humanitarian access are obligations of all parties. EU supports @UN & aid agencies in Gaza&the region. 🇪🇺Statement➡️
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Sincere thanks to 🇺🇳USG @MelissaFleming & her team for the work being done by @UN on improving access to accurate, consistent & reliable information. Fighting mis/disinformation, promoting fact-based policy & public trust, and fighting hate speech are all high on the 🇪🇺EU agenda.
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And on Friday I had the great pleasure to host 🇺🇳High Commissioner for #HumanRights @volker_turk. If our work leads to anything, it must be human dignity for all. There are hopeful human rights stories every day, everywhere, doing just that! We must own & multiply that hope.
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I’m at the @UN Security Council, at the extraordinary meeting on Iran’s attack last night on Israel. 🇺🇳 Secretary General @antonioguterres asks everyone to “step back from the brink.”
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Two years into war, 🇺🇦Ukrainians have shown exceptional bravery & resilience in fighting to defend their country, identity, freedom & the 🇺🇳UN Charter. 🇪🇺EU will continue to support them until Russia’s aggression is defeated. #24Feb2022 #StandWithUkraine .
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What a pleasure to host 🇺🇳Secretary General @antonioguterres and 🇪🇺High Representative @JosepBorrellF for my … inaugural ambassadorial dinner at the EU Residence in 🍎NYC last night.
Always interesting to meet with UNSG @antonioguterres. We share the same concern for ongoing wars, from Ukraine to Gaza, the respect of international law and IHL and global challenges. The Summit of the Future should be a turning point to address global governance.
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At our 🇪🇺 Perm Rep weekly meetings in NY, we coordinate EU work, but occasionally also welcome for exchanges good colleagues from other UN member states. Great to host today Amb. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, PR of Guyana🇬🇾 ahead of their @UN Security Council Presidency. 👏
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2024 session of the Commission on the Status of Women #CSW68 kicks off in NY! Biggest annual 🇺🇳UN gathering after the high-level week in Sept. Commissioner for Equality @helenadalli represents 🇪🇺EU. Action-packed days ahead: poverty, financing, institutions for women & girls.💪
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This was my first official intervention at the 🇺🇳UN after presenting my credentials. The fact that it was together with so many EU colleagues and Small Island Developing State (#SIDS) PRs made it extra special!. We are strong partners on climate and so many other key files. 🙏.
The EU & its Member States are fully committed to supporting Small Island Developing States achieve the #SDGs. Proud to be the largest donor to the SIDS, with more than €1.5 billion in funding. Statement by @EUAmbUN Lambrinidis.➡️
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Life from hotel and 🇪🇺EU Institution windows …. Back in my beloved Brussels, for the visit of the 🇺🇳UN Secretary General @antonioguterres. Stay tuned!
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Honored to meet you, 🇺🇳 General Assembly President Francis @UN_PGA. You can count on the 🇪🇺EU as a steadfast partner on our joint way forward.
Pleased to meet @EUAmbUN Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis. Welcome the strong support & commitment of the EU to the values and principles of the UN. Look forward to working closely together to achieve the SDGs, promote gender equality, & foster peace for people around the world.
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Day … 30 as 🇪🇺EU Ambassador to the 🇺🇳UN in the 🍎 .Big Apple!. Perhaps with a slightly messier desk, but still smiling! 🙂 . And still, every day, a huge honor to represent the EU at this, the epicenter of multilateral cooperation. And to lead our stellar team @EUatUN !
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Congratulations to H.E. Mr. Philemon Yang of 🇨🇲Cameroon, elected President of the 79th UN General Assembly. The 🇪🇺EU welcomes your strong commitment to upholding the #UNCharter and joins your pledge to bridge differences & build unity in diversity, which is also the EU's motto.
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Thank you to UN DSG @AminaJMohammed for an excellent first exchange in my new role. The 🇪🇺EU will do everything in its power to ensure a strong 🇺🇳 @UN, as we work together to address some of our world’s most pressing challenges.
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A pleasure to welcome back to @EUatUN my predecessor and friend @OlofBSkoog, the new EUSR for Human Rights, on his first official visit to NYC!. Excellent opportunity for an exchange with his former colleagues on human rights developments in the world and at the UN.
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🇺🇳UNSG @antonioguterres kicks off 🇪🇺 Brussels visit with EU Commission President @vonderleyen. Gaza and Ukraine top topics. Next meetings w EU Council Pres @CharlesMichel, European Parliament Pres @RobertaMetsola, and EU27 leaders.
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Thanks @GermanyUN & @NamibiaUN for the excellent zero draft ahead of the 2024 Summit of the Future. Count on the 🇪🇺EU to support a trust-building process toward an ambitious Pact for the Future that delivers hope and stronger multilateralism for all, with the 🇺🇳@UN at its core.
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We take the Responsibility to Protect very seriously, including the eyesight of colleagues! Great to watch the eclipse with new @UNOSAPG Special Adviser on #R2P Mô Bleeker, co-chairs: PRs of @CroatiaUN, @Morocco_UN, @GuatemalaONU & many of the 56 members of the Group of Friends.
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A milestone in 🇪🇺EU cooperation with #UNCITRAL & maritime commerce:. Today I joined 🇧🇪Amb Kridelka to sign the Beijing Convention on behalf of the EU, paving the way for EUMS to sign. The convention promotes legal certainty & predictability in the judicial sale of ships.
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Countdown to the High-Level Political Forum #HLPF. Today’s 🇪🇺EU ambassadors’ meeting with Perm Reps of 🇬🇳Guinea Zoumanigui & 🇱🇻Latvia Pavļuta-Deslandes, HLPF co-facilitators of the 2024 ECOSOC review. Count on the EU to engage constructively on ECOSOC/HLPF review.
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NOW: The 🇪🇺EU’s foreign policy chief HRVP @JosepBorrellF at the 🇺🇳@UN Security Council. He spoke on EU-UN cooperation in peace and security around the world. The 🇪🇺 & its Member States are biggest peace partners, contributors to the UN budget, steadfast defenders of UN Charter.
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Pleased to welcome Mô Bleeker @bleeker_mo recently appointed new @UNOSAPG Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect #R2P! . The Group of Friends on R2P looks forward to continuing our strong engagement on the responsibility to prevent & halt atrocities.
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The first-ever #UNSustainabilityWeek kicks off today. Thanks to @UN_PGA Dennis Francis for this important initiative encouraging everyone to #ChooseSustainability. Small changes can make big differences. Here's my pledge.
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This week 🇺🇳@UN has included excellent discussions with .👉 @IOMchief Amy Pope, on unlocking the development potential of global migration, and .👉 @MichalMlynar, acting head of @UNHABITAT, on making urbanization work for people & the planet. The 🇪🇺EU is a proud partner to both.
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Another Brussels building, another 🇪🇺 institution — the EU’s “youngest,” the European External Action Service @eu_eeas, also my official “home.” (Surrounded by endless decorative road works, of course 🙂).Proud to be part of our 2024 gender equality campaign, still on display.
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Making @UN fit to tackle the growing global water crisis was a clarion call at the 2023 UN Water Conference. Happy that today with 🇺🇳SG @antonioguterres & DSG @AminaJMohammed we agreed on a methodology to accelerate the appointment of a UN Special Envoy for Water. #WaterIsLife
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You may have noted how busy this UN week has been from our 🇪🇺EU’s interventions in multiple key 🇺🇳Security Council and GA debates. Especially proud for this one: Through #GlobalGateway, the EU turbocharges infrastructure investments with global partners to achieve the #SDG’s. 👇.
At today's #UNGASustainabilityWeek debate, @EUAmbUN Lambrinidis noted Team Europe has already mobilised investments in infrastructure connectivity in partner countries via #GlobalGateway, which will invest up to €300 billion by 2027. Statement➡️
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The 🇪🇺EU welcomes the Global Digital Compact zero draft presented today. We must leverage digitalisation to accelerate #SDGs, close digital divides, secure human rights online, supply global public goods --so digital technologies benefit everyone. ➡️
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#SDG16 - peace, justice & inclusive societies and institutions - is at the heart of achieving sustainable development. At today’s SDG 🇺🇳UN conference, was pleased to hear President of Italy 🇮🇹 Sergio Mattarella, DSG @AminaJMohammed & other inspiring speakers stressing just that!
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The 🇺🇳“Declaration for Future Generations,” anchored in the 3 @UN pillars, should be concise, concrete, and action-oriented. Welcome 🇪🇺EU27 ambassadors’ exchange with co-facilitators @BCMWallace_UN🇯🇲 and @yokabrandt🇳🇱 on an ambitious, balanced document.
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Thanks to the 5th Committee (UN Admin & Budget) chair @EgyptPRNewYork Osama Abdelkhalek for his continued leadership during new #5C session dedicated to 🇺🇳@UNPeacekeeping. The 🇪🇺EU pays tribute to #UNPeacekeepers and to @UN work on #peace.
As #5C (UN Admin & Budget Committee) opens a new session to address @UNPeacekeeping Operations, the EU pays tribute to #UNPeacekeepers: their dedication allows @UN to remain a beacon of #peace🕊️ . EU Statement➡️🧵1/3
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The 🇪🇺EU welcomes today’s adoption of UNSC resolution 2735 and the new ceasefire proposal that it contains for Gaza, and asks both parties to accept and implement it immediately.
The European Union welcomes the adoption of the UNSC resolution 2735 supporting the ceasefire proposal announced on 31 May. We recall our full support to the 3-phase @POTUS roadmap and urge both parties to accept and implement it.
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#UNRWA: We welcome the rapid appointment by @UN SG @antonioguterres of an independent Review Group to assess whether @UNRWA is doing everything within its power to ensure neutrality and to prevent and respond to allegations of serious breaches.
I welcome @antonioguterres's appointment of an independent review group, chaired by Her Exc. @MinColonna, tasked to assess if @unrwa is doing its utmost to ensure neutrality and respond to allegations of serious breaches when they are made.
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Warm congrats to my predecessor @EUatUN @OlofBSkoog who begins his term as EU Special Representative for Human Rights today!. Looking forward to working closely on the promotion & protection of all #humanrights in the 🇪🇺EU’s multilateral & other engagements around the world.
Today is my first day as EU Special Representative for Human Rights. The agenda is daunting, urgent and growing. Looking much forward to working w partners around the world ready to reverse oppression, end violations and ensure respect, dignity and rights for everyone everywhere.
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Russia, the temporary occupier of parts of Ukraine, has committed massive violations of intl law on the ground, including widespread sexual violence and concerted campaigns to suppress Ukrainian culture. Chilling findings of @UNHumanRights report. An important read. 👇
New report details how the Russian Federation created a climate of fear through violent & repressive measures against ppl in occupied territory of #Ukraine, unlawfully imposed its governance systems & suppressed expressions of Ukrainian culture & identity.
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The 🇪🇺 EU welcomes UNSC Resolution 2733 (2024) adopted today. @EUNAVFOR_MED IRINI will continue its contribution to enforcing the 🇺🇳 UN arms embargo and thus to restoring peace and stability in Libya.
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On Wednesday #MultilateralismDay, my 🇪🇺EU colleagues and I held a “mini-retreat” to look ahead at how we can ensure an ambitious and trust-building 🇺🇳 Summit of the Future in September. We’ll work together with all UN member states & civil society to try to make it a success.
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Glad to host today 🇺🇳ASG @SelwinHart, climate adviser to the UN Secretary-General, to discuss climate priorities with 🇪🇺EU Ambassadors. We need bold action on ambitious new national climate plans (NDCs) focusing on G20 emitters and others, and support to vulnerable countries.
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Met with @HonJulieBishop, the new 🇺🇳UN SG Special Envoy on Myanmar. Full 🇪🇺 EU support for her mandate and work.
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The 🇪🇺EU & Landlocked Developing Countries #LLDCs are steadfast 🇺🇳UN partners!. Proud that together we're paving the way for the trade, transport, digital connectivity of the future. LAND-LOCKED ⏭️ LAND-LINKED !.#SDGs .#GlobalGateway.@UNOHRLLS @AminaJMohammed @UNECOSOC
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Θερμά συγχαρητήρια @GRUN_NY 🇬🇷! Your election to the 🇺🇳 UN Security Council is a recognition of your commitment to UN values & international law!. The 🇪🇺EU - and I personally, προφανώς! 😉 - is proud of your election and your efforts to promote global peace and security.
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At 10am this morning, my colleagues and I at @EUatUN observed a moment of silence in memory of a great European and world leader, Jacques Delors. His vision & work led to the strong, socially caring, peaceful, and prosperous European Union 🇪🇺 of today. Thank you, Mr. President.
Honouring the life and work of former President of the European Commission Jacques Delors (1925-2023). @EUAmbUN Lambrinidis recalled his visionary leadership and immense legacy which continues to inspire us.
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The President of @UN General Assembly kicks off the commemoration of the 2nd anniversary of Russia’s illegal invasion & occupation of parts of a sovereign and independent country, 🇺🇦Ukraine. He stresses how Russia blatantly violates the UN Charter. So will I, on behalf of 🇪🇺EU.
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The EU is a staunch supporter of Landlocked Developing Countries #LLDCs. As #TeamEurope, we provided €9 billion in Official Development Aid for LLDCs in 2022 & via #GlobalGateway will connect the world through sustainable investments to achieve #SDGs. ➡️
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The 🇪🇺EU & 🇨🇾Cyprus announce intent to open special 🚢 maritime corridor to get more aid to Palestinians in Gaza, together with 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇮🇹 🇳🇱 🇦🇪🇺🇸🇬🇧. Will complement but cannot replace immediate need for more land routes for aid. Read the Joint Statement
Europe is financing a major humanitarian aid effort for Palestinians. €250 million euros this year alone. But the key challenge is getting this aid to people in Gaza. This is why we’re launching the Cyprus Maritime Corridor, with the US and UAE ↓
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Warm congratulations to the Republic of Uganda on assuming the Chairmanship of the G-77 @NAM_Uganda in New York. We look forward to building a strong partnership with 🇺🇬Ambassador @adoniaayebare and his team @UgandaNewyork. Happy 60th Anniversary to the Group of 77! 🎂
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🇪🇺EU’s foreign policy chief @JosepBorrellF at the 🇺🇳UN Security Council this morning.
EU strong support to the UN is reflected in numbers: we’re the UN’s largest financial contributor. And the largest world provider of Humanitarian aid. We're not only payers: we are strategic partners & work together on 25 crisis, on peace mediation & dialogue support. #UNSC .1/2
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